Tips For Intimacy After Heart Attack

@Rozie37 (15499)
Turkmenistan
July 20, 2008 6:44pm CST
I know that my ex-boyfriend had his first heart attack as a teen and the doctor told him then that he would never get the chance to be intimate. My ex said, it only hindered him for a little while. But there was no way he would accept it. He says that he never had any problems with it again. So there is hope after a heart attack. Check out the tips and tell me what you think. http://www.everydayhealth.com/publicsite/index.aspx?puid=cbf18f01-451a-44c7-8b2e-86789f85190b&p=29&xid=nl_EverydayHealthWomensHealth_20080719
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@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
21 Jul 08
You don't say how long ago that was, but back in the 70s I used to push a bedpan and if you had a heart attack then you spent 10 days in bed and they gave you enemas so that you would not strain. Now a days, they want you up and walk 15 minutes later and doing marathons in a week. Ok, I maybe exaggerating a wee bit on this part but back then many people did not survive heart attacks, now a days quadruple by-passes are just about drive through surgery (ok, the let you stay a night or 2) but you get the idea. Things have really changed.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
26 Jul 08
Yes, it was back in the seventies and we have truly come a long way since that time.
@planejane (188)
21 Jul 08
Except for the medications, the rest of the list you provided looks like what everyone would like, heart attack or no. What do you think?
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
21 Jul 08
But with the heart attack patient, these things may be necessary.
@snowy22315 (192302)
• United States
21 Jul 08
That doesnt sound right to me. I dont know why your ex's doctor would have said that. I think he should have reserved judgment for one so young. It probably really freaked him out at the time. Obviously he is still alive and kicking at a much later age. Doctor's need to be careful with their predictions for patients.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
21 Jul 08
I agree with you there. But this was over twenty years ago, a lot has changed since that time.